Campbelltown, New South Wales

Campbelltown
Sydney, New South Wales
Campbelltown; Sydney, New South Wales
	Queen Street in Campbelltown c. 2005
Population	16,577 (SAL 2021)
Established	1820
Postcode(s)	2560
Elevation	76 m (249 ft)
Location	53 km (33 mi) south-west of Sydney CBD ; 16 km (10 mi) north of Appin ; 142 km (88 mi) north-east of Goulburn ;
LGA(s)	Campbelltown
Region	Greater Western Sydney; Macarthur
State electorate(s)	Campbelltown
Federal division(s)	Macarthur
	Suburbs around Campbelltown:

Campbelltown is a suburb located on the outskirts of the metropolitan area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Greater Western Sydney 53 kilometres (33 mi) south-west of the Sydney central business district by road. Campbelltown is the administrative seat of the local government area of the City of Campbelltown. It is also acknowledged on the register of the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales as one of only four cities within the Sydney metropolitan area.^[2]

Campbelltown gets its name from Elizabeth Campbell,^[3] the wife of former Governor of New South Wales Lachlan Macquarie. Originally called Campbell-Town, the name was later simplified to the current Campbelltown.^[4]

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Campbelltown (NSW) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "Geographical Names Register Extract: List of placenames acknowledged as a CITY". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Archived from the original (.CSV) on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
^ "Panoramio is no longer available". Panoramio.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
^ "History of Campbelltown". Campbelltown City Council. Archived from the original on 30 July 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.